VA for Professionals

29 April 2024

A virtual assistant (VA) is like a personal assistant (PA), but instead of being physically present in an office, they work remotely. This means they can be based anywhere in the world and still assist businesses with their administrative tasks.

By hiring an experienced virtual assistant, businesses could save as much as 78% in operating costs, which is a significant amount.

The virtual assistant market is expected to grow even more with the increase in remote work. There are many benefits to hiring a virtual assistant, and we are going to focus on the top 10.

1. Cost-effective - Full-time PAs are expensive, and you will have to provide them with a physical office where they do their job. If your company is fully remote, that poses even more of a problem.

Virtual assistants already have an office, either at home or in a co-working space, so you don’t have to worry about providing office equipment.

2. Save time - Time is a resource that’s always in short supply, and once it’s gone it’s never coming back. Having a virtual assistant frees you from your routine administrative tasks, so you and your team can focus on growing your business instead.          

3. Hire worldwide - If you hire a PA or administrative assistant for a physical office role, then you are limited to employing those that live within commuting distance of your office.

They may not be the best fit for the job, but you may end up employing them anyway because you are desperate for help.

4. Pay per use - Virtual assistants will bill you either on the number of hours they work, or on the scope of the work required – you pay them for their productive time, and not any time spent on breaks, etc.

5. Grow your online presence - All businesses should have an online presence, be that a website, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn. These platforms need to be regularly updated, which takes time.

That’s where a virtual assistant comes in. They can create and arrange posts to go out on your social media at scheduled times, so that’s one less task for you to worry about.

6. Regular reporting - When you work with a virtual assistant, you will find that they will usually provide you with a weekly report on the tasks they did during the week.

If you use a virtual assistant company, some have online portals that you can access at any time. This enables you to see what your assistant is currently working on.

7. High quality of work - Because virtual assistants are independent contractors, they know that their reputation and success rides on being productive and delivering value to their clients. 

8. Streamline your operation - Because virtual assistants are tech-savvy and have a wide range of experience in different software, they can help improve your office processes and services to make things leaner. They use time-saving hacks and automation to speed things up and generally make things work better.    

9. Customer care 24/7 - When customers contact you, they expect a swift response. By outsourcing customer services to a VA in a different time zone who is awake while your part of the world is asleep, you can run customer care 24/7.

10. Scale up or down - Because virtual assistants are highly skilled, they can generally take over the workload with minimal supervision from you.

Another benefit is their flexibility when it comes to adding to or decreasing their hours. Many brands have busy times, but also quiet times, and having a virtual assistant means you can scale their work according to business needs. 

Read the full article here:

10 benefits of hiring a top virtual assistant - TG (testgorilla.com)

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